New RedLineGoods shift boot installed

[Tpetro33]

Howdy all,

Gave PartyBoy some interior love today with a new RedLineGoods shift boot. Went with the light grey perforated leather, grey alcantara and red stitching. Think it came out pretty good!!




Tom

 

[MustangPanch]

looks good! how was the install?

 

[Tpetro33]

Not bad...once you realize that the side panels on the bottom come up with the shiny plastic in the middle, it was easy. The actual boot attachment to the frame was tedious, but OK.

 

[parapraxis24]

looks good! how was the install?

I just did mine today, along with the arm rest. Install is pretty straight forward and the installation guides that are floating around the internet are pretty comprehensive.

My only tip is to ignore the guides that say to remove the hvac panel to get to the shift boot, you don't need to do that. Pop the clips on that shifter surround, then pop the clips holding the black textured panels on either side of the surround. That allows you to lift the panel up and out of the way, with enough room for you to clear the front retention post on the boot frame and just wiggle it out the top.


Oh and the Charcoal leather is close to matching the Recaros, but if I could do it again I'd just go with black since that pretty much matches everything.

 

[Tpetro33]

Nice to know! I was wondering if that would work.....

 

[jeff]

I just did mine today, along with the arm rest. Install is pretty straight forward and the installation guides that are floating around the internet are pretty comprehensive.

My only tip is to ignore the guides that say to remove the hvac panel to get to the shift boot, you don't need to do that. Pop the clips on that shifter surround, then pop the clips holding the black textured panels on either side of the surround. That allows you to lift the panel up and out of the way, with enough room for you to clear the front retention post on the boot frame and just wiggle it out the top.


Oh and the Charcoal leather is close to matching the Recaros, but if I could do it again I'd just go with black since that pretty much matches everything.

FYI to anyone reading, this is true but in 5 extra seconds you can pop off the entire thing which makes it much easier with more room to work.

I received my boot today but it did not fit. I had a stripe on mine and the material with the stripe is too thick to fit into the reverse lockout/shift mechanism. I am working with Mike to customize it to fit and so far he and RLG have been very swell and helpful. We'll see when I hopefully get my replacement boot soon.............from POLAND.

Install is quite easy here once you get the hang of it...I've taken mine apart 4 times now and I've achieved zen level mastery of this install.

 

[parapraxis24]

FYI to anyone reading, this is true but in 5 extra seconds you can pop off the entire thing which makes it much easier with more room to work.

I received my boot today but it did not fit. I had a stripe on mine and the material with the stripe is too thick to fit into the reverse lockout/shift mechanism. I am working with Mike to customize it to fit and so far he and RLG have been very swell and helpful. We'll see when I hopefully get my replacement boot soon.............from POLAND.

Install is quite easy here once you get the hang of it...I've taken mine apart 4 times now and I've achieved zen level mastery of this install.

I couldn't get the entire bezel off myself. I probably could have if I tried a bit harder, but I felt like I was going to snap the piece in half if I put any more pressure on it so I resigned myself to pulling it out through the shift gate, which isn't very hard at all.

 

[vlangs]

Are these 30$ boots that are on amazon? I really wanted the red one.

 

[jeff]

OK my 2nd RLG boot came in today - they fixed an issue for me for free which was quite awesome of them - and was promptly installed. This install takes mere minutes now, I've taken it apart so many times! Anyhow the quality is great and it fits perfectly....were I to do it again I'd use the option where you get less material so it doesn't bunch up so much....but it's fine. I got the stripe to match my RLG armrest cover. Pic 5 shows both - 2 tone matches the Recaros almost perfectly, I'm a happy man.

Great mods!

Next up, a new shift knob..........

Also I must add RLG has EXCEPTIONAL customer service - Maciek is their USA rep and he worked very well with me, great communication, very helpful and wanting to get things right.

 

[Kazz]

That, quite simply, looks awesome - well done!

 

[awwwww_shift]

That grey/black 2-tone is spot on for shades. Nice choice on that! Definitely on my short list of wants now!

 

[mindmaster]

Can we do it in our Fist? With the Focus part?

 

[redmenace]

where did you get that number plate?

 

[jeff]

where did you get that number plate?

https://www.fiestastforum.com/threa...s-(and-how-to-get-one)/page11?highlight=Build

 

[redmenace]

https://www.fiestastforum.com/threa...s-(and-how-to-get-one)/page11?highlight=Build

Thanks!

 

[redmenace]

https://www.fiestastforum.com/threa...s-(and-how-to-get-one)/page11?highlight=Build

Thanks!